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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Bathydraconidae (Antarctic dragonfishes)
Etymology: Parachaenichthys: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, chaino = open the mouth (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 270 m (Ref. 5192). Polar, preferred 1°C (Ref. 107945); 53°S - 57°S

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Southern Ocean: Insular shelf of South Georgia and Sandwich Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 59.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5192)

Adults feed on fishes and mysids, Crangon antarcticus and Chorismus antarcticus (Ref. 5192). Spawning from end of summer to early winter and hatching occurs throughout winter. Eggs large, 2.4-3.4 mm in diameter, bright red and benthic (Ref. 5192). Synchronous spawner (Ref. 50743). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 35742).

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Oocyte maturation occurs synchronously, thus, spawning is completed in a single occasion (Ref. 50743).

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Gon, O., 1990. Bathydraconidae. p. 364-380. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5192)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Parachaenichthys georgianus (Fischer, 1885)